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Upcoming ‘Makerspace’ in Baltimore Features Black Lives Matter PortraitsForty-two faces are featured on the side of Station North in Baltimore as part of a Black Lives Matter project by Morgan State University students. (Courtesy of Chris Metzger and Kelli Williams)

Upcoming ‘Makerspace’ in Baltimore Features Black Lives Matter PortraitsThe art installation at 1400 Greenmount Ave. was organized by Chris Metzger, a visual artist and professor at Morgan State University, and features the portraits of 35 students, two faculty members, three staff members and one baby. (Courtesy of Chris Metzger and Kelli Williams)

Upcoming ‘Makerspace’ in Baltimore Features Black Lives Matter PortraitsMetzger says a documentary about street artist JR’s Inside Out project inspired the project. Inside Out places massive portraits in communities around the world on varied themes such as hope, diversity, gender-based violence,and climate change. (Courtesy of Chris Metzger and Kelli Williams)

Upcoming ‘Makerspace’ in Baltimore Features Black Lives Matter Portraits"At the project’s conception we had no idea the events that would soon unfold in Baltimore following the death of Freddie Gray; however, our project seems even more relevant today than when we first began," Chris Metzger says on his website. (Courtesy of Chris Metzger and Kelli Williams)

Upcoming ‘Makerspace’ in Baltimore Features Black Lives Matter PortraitsThe fencing over their faces is meant to “symbolize the barriers African-Americans encounter in everyday life,” Metzger says. (Courtesy of Chris Metzger and Kelli Williams)

Upcoming ‘Makerspace’ in Baltimore Features Black Lives Matter PortraitsNext fall, the 34,000 square-foot building is set to open as a "makerspace" called Open Works. It will have artist studios, classrooms, and workshops. (Courtesy of Chris Metzger and Kelli Williams)

Upcoming ‘Makerspace’ in Baltimore Features Black Lives Matter PortraitsMac Maclure, the managing director of the Baltimore Artist Realty Corporation, says Open Works will be "a place where anyone can come and make anything." (Courtesy of Chris Metzger and Kelli Williams)

Upcoming ‘Makerspace’ in Baltimore Features Black Lives Matter Portraits"It's going to be a very open facility and I think the Black Lives Matter installation reflects that," Maclure says. (Courtesy of Chris Metzger and Kelli Williams)

Upcoming ‘Makerspace’ in Baltimore Features Black Lives Matter PortraitsThe space is currently being used by a non-profit that left these letters spelling "LOVE" in an area of the warehouse. (Credit: Jenny Glick/NewsRadio 99.1)

Upcoming ‘Makerspace’ in Baltimore Features Black Lives Matter PortraitsThe building will house a complete wood shop, metal shop and digital media studio along with a digital fabrication shop, a 3D imaging and 3D printing studio, a microelectronics lab, and a digital embroidery and fibers studio, according to Baltimore Arts Realty Corp.'s website. (Credit: Jenny Glick/NewsRadio 99.1)

Upcoming ‘Makerspace’ in Baltimore Features Black Lives Matter PortraitsClasses in entrepreneurship, accounting, project financing and product marketing for artists, designers, and craftspersons will also be offered. (Credit: Jenny Glick/NewsRadio 99.1)

Upcoming ‘Makerspace’ in Baltimore Features Black Lives Matter Portraits"We are trying to allow people from the community to use it as a way to express themselves," says Will Holman, the coordinator for Open Works. (Credit: Jenny Glick/NewsRadio 99.1)

Upcoming ‘Makerspace’ in Baltimore Features Black Lives Matter PortraitsHolman says the Black Lives Matter portraits on the building are a symbol of what Open Works will be all about: offering a canvas for artists to hone their craft. (Credit: Jenny Glick/NewsRadio 99.1)